Every morning, Kingstonians can wake up and check out what crimes happened overnight.

They can see what assaults, break and enters or thefts happened in their neighbourhood.

People in Ottawa have the same information at their fingertips.

Those in Halton — Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton and Oakville — will get the service in the next two weeks.

The service, which costs $2,000 in Kingston annually and between $4,000 and $5,000 in Halton — the price tag varies based on population — is an important one, said Halton Regional Police Chief Stephen Tanner, also the head of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police and the former chief of police in Kingston.

“It’s just all about transparency and sharing statistics with people, who can look at the numbers any time they want to,” said Tanner.

“It’s what we call cleansed data, so it doesn’t give too many details, but it lets people look at different patterns of crime.”